Gav

Ah I get you, yes agreed.

I'm not sure about that, are we stronger than we were last season? A season in which we weren't strong enough when injuries and suspicions kicked in? Whether or not we've replaced like for like in terms of quality will play out over the weeks and months to come, thats the only real test, starting on Saturday at home to Bristol City.

Lads only 21, just had a major injury, could be another punt of a player for the future?

We need more bodies in the building no doubt about that, we'll not play an extremely poor Blackpool side every week (First 15 minutes aside) they only had 1 shot on target all match!

That track back from Diaz in injury time last night was why he's a special player, defending from the front. Gallagher does the same week in week out, but he doesn't have the goals to back it up. Tremendous work ethic from the both of them.

We should never forget any promotion from any league, they're like hens teeth for Blackburn Rovers.

Exactly what Mowbray used to do, they both know we've very little budget and no strength in depth. I'm torn on selling Diaz, a club like ours cannot afford to keep letting quality players leave for free, but on the other hand an injured Diaz for a significant part of last season meant we couldn't score goals, we ended up for the most part in relegation form. We won't go up this season, thats for sure, but will we go down? Possibly and that becomes a stronger possibility without Diaz.

So did JDT, 3 transfer windows worth, not including this. Strap yourself in, or maybe not...

Made up for the 3000+ that made the trip, especially after the recent debacles at Reading and Sheff Utd.

And some of the kranks on here said he was finished……

Let’s be honest, We’ve been bloody awful so far.

Boom

If this lad is half as good as his dad we'll have signed a good un.

Ledley King was injury prone, played for Spurs, loved by the supporters, they understood he wouldn't play ever game. He did manage 260 appearances in 12yrs. Ayala is absolute class in this league, as fans we need to understand he'll not play every game, but can we afford that luxury?

Rubbish. Van Hecke played for us last season, we'll be very lucky to upgrade on that lad. Hyam you've never seen play. Brittain you can't judge, awful against Sheff Utd and Rothwell we've definetly not upgraded upon. Stop making stuff up.

Are you serious phili? Lenihan, Van Hecke, Rothwell and Nyambe have been replaced and upgraded? Wage budget under control? Really? You're in for a rude awakening if we go with what we've got right now, the relegation thread will be resurrected and I'll be doing it.

Bournemouth haven't spent any length of time in 4th division since 1970's - Oh wait a minute.......

You get nothing for making the playoffs.

What wonderful owners we have, we should all be thankful for the money they're ploughing into this wonderful club of ours. You and islander carry on inflating the prices, 24hrs to go.

I'm with JH on the fee, we don't have £5m for 1 player, we need to buy an entire team with that, but this deal is perfect for a club like ours with no money, its a win win situation for us.

Mikhail Gorbachev the former soviet leader and widely acclaimed for bringing an end to the cold war has died. Nobel Piece prize winner also. How we could do with a man like Gorbachev leading Russia right now!

A new poster threw that hook in yesterday, claiming insider knowledge and got a number of bites. Gullible is the word......

@mackemlad You will find that on here Mowbray was vilified and in some quarters hated by posters, but back in the real world, Ewood Park and stadia around the country, you'd never hear a Mowbray out chant, fans recognised the job he'd done, working for the worst owners in football, but many also acknowledged he'd out stayed his welcome and wanted him gone. That isn't the managers fault, thats the owners fault for not sacking him, but they don't like paying up contracts, so they kept him on, bonkers right......? Mowbray got us promoted out of league 1 at the first attempt, something you lads can probably relate to, even with big gates and a decent budget its not easy, but we made it at the first attempt. We then spent a number of seasons treading water in Championship, which we'll continue to do with our budget, you need pots of cash to get out of this league and we'd don't have any compared to Premiership yo yo clubs. Along the way we saw players like Harvey Elliot on loan, a regular starter for Liverpool now, we say Tosin Adarabioyo a regular in Fulham side and a quality defender, we saw Van Hecke last season who will go on to bigger and better things, Harrison Read now playing in Premiership for Fulham, all on loan and out of our budget sadly. On the transfer side of things, give Mowbray a few quid and he's usually excellent in transfer market. Bradley Dack was his first real purchase, probably the best player at the club, but suffered 2 acl injuries, £15m player all day if he hadn't been injured, bought him for £750k. Adam Armstrong bought for under £2m, sold for almost £20m with addons. Ben Brereton bought for £7m with addons and will probably be sold for £20m, Rothwell was bought for peanuts, mismanaged his contract and walked out for free, a £10m midfielder all day long in the current climate. Alex Neill certainly has something about him, but loyalty clearly isn't his strong point, but you'll do ok with Mowbray, he'll steady the ship and have you safe this season. If the owner can find a few quid he'll bring in some quality too I'm sure, as our transfers for a fee clearly show. But like most clubs in this league, you'll never make the next step up unless you spend big, money talks in this league and most clubs simply don't have enough to sustain a challenge for 40+ games of a gruelling championship season, but I wish you luck. Anyway back to Blackburn Rovers where our new manager has just announced he wants 4 transfer windows, including the current one, to make a difference, back to treading water it is.....

On the odd occasion I find myself in the same room as Sky Sports news it makes my heart sink listening to the numbers being paid and talked about for players. West Ham, yes West bleedin Ham paying £50m for 1 player and here we are struggling to find £1m here and there to plug gaps in the squad. Has the gulf ever been bigger between Premiership and Championship?

I didn’t go to Spurs that night but listened on Radio 5, it was the main game for once. I can’t remember what I did last week but I recall the goal like it was yesterday, then disappointment at it being ruled out.